Treating opioid use disorder significantly lowers the very high rate (8 times the general population) of suicide among people ...

The brain has GLP -1 receptors in abundance and, though very little drug seems to be able to cross the blood-brain barrier ...

A new study published in the scientific journal Addiction has found that people with opioid or alcohol use disorder (OUD, AUD) who take Ozempic or similar medications to treat diabetic/weight-related ...

Dr Fares Qeadan, the paper’s primary author, explains to Popular Science that opioids and alcohol were chosen for the study because “both … interact with reward pathways in the brain that GLP-1 ...

Three things stand out within a few minutes of talking to Beverly Aikins: Her grandchildren are her everything, she is deeply ...

The weight-loss drugs are linked with reduced rates of excess drinking and opioid overdoses, suggesting they may tamp down ...

In a letter, advocates call for officials to hold long-term care facilities and nursing homes accountable for providing ...

Interview/ Shalini Menon, associate editor, Institute of Physics Publishing, the UK, and inventor of Dopameter ...

These medications have been associated with a 40 percent reduction in opioid overdose and 50 percent lower rate of alcohol intoxication.

The new coverage includes practices such as music therapy, sweat lodges, and drumming, which are integral to Native healing ...

Dahlias are everywhere in the Pacific Northwest, brightening even the rainiest days. But new research from Oregon Health and Science University and the University of Portland has led to the discovery ...